http://digital.venturebeat.com/2008/09/16/robotgalaxy-raises-5m-to-launch-virtual-world/ News About Tech, Money and Innovation Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:58:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://digital.venturebeat.com/2008/09/16/robotgalaxy-raises-5m-to-launch-virtual-world/comment-page-1/#comment-829106 The Watch - virtual worlds in the news : The Metaverse Journal - Australia’s Virtual World News Service Sun, 21 Sep 2008 20:24:20 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/?p=97859#comment-829106 [...] VentureBeat (USA) - Robotgalaxy raises $5M to launch virtual world. “Robotgalaxy, a retailer that lets kids build toy robots, is developing a virtual world [...] [...] VentureBeat (USA) – Robotgalaxy raises $5M to launch virtual world. “Robotgalaxy, a retailer that lets kids build toy robots, is developing a virtual world [...]

]]> http://digital.venturebeat.com/2008/09/16/robotgalaxy-raises-5m-to-launch-virtual-world/comment-page-1/#comment-828732 September 17, 2008 | next media update Wed, 17 Sep 2008 18:18:47 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/?p=97859#comment-828732 [...] NBC Announces Fall Lineup Microsites CENTER NETWORKS NBC has announced their digital extensions for the TV shows on the NBC network. Earlier this year NBC pushed viewers of American Gladiators to the Web to watch the full events. Source> Bittorrent Raise $16 Million ALARM CLOCK Bittorrent has a solid technology, fast growing user base, and plenty of venture funding. In its first VC-backed iteration the startup tried to have it both ways being a consumer play while competing against partners who also wanted to run consumer plays. Today DCM, Accel and DAG Ventures invested a further $16M into Bittorrent. Source> Adroll Gets Financing Boost for Co-op Ad Network VENTUREBEAT Adroll, a company that seeks to help web site publishers band together so that they’re more attractive to advertisers, has just raised several million dollars in a first round of venture capital funding.The San Francisco company, run by Jared Kopf (left below), plays in a very crowded industry. Every day, it seems, there’s a new ad network that emerges. With the economy slowing down, there are simply too many networks, and not enough ads to go around - and so expect continued consolidation, even while advertising continues to grow online over time. Source> UpTake Raises $10 Million for Travel Search Engine VENTUREBEAT UpTake , the travel search engine formerly known as Kango, has raised over $10 million in a second round of financing. Unlike many content-focused travel sites, which seem to proliferate daily, UpTake has no illusions about becoming the first place people turn for travel info. It has instead built a strategy almost entirely based around aggregating high-quality content from other sources and pulling in traffic from travel searches executed on major search engines. According to Yen Lee, UpTake’s CEO, around 10 billion of these searches are made every year in the United States. Source> Robotgalaxy Raises $5 Million VENTUREBEAT Robotgalaxy, a retailer that lets kids build toy robots, is developing a virtual world where players can take those robots on science fiction adventures. The New York-based company has raised a second funding round of more than $5 million to launch the game, as well as for other expansion. Right now, Robotgalaxy operates two physical stores - one in a mall in New Jersey, one in New York - where kids can assemble a customized robot from many different parts. Once you’ve built a robot you can even program its movements. The average toy costs between $27 and $80, and they’re supposed to help teach kids about science and robotics. Source> [...] [...] NBC Announces Fall Lineup Microsites CENTER NETWORKS NBC has announced their digital extensions for the TV shows on the NBC network. Earlier this year NBC pushed viewers of American Gladiators to the Web to watch the full events. Source> Bittorrent Raise $16 Million ALARM CLOCK Bittorrent has a solid technology, fast growing user base, and plenty of venture funding. In its first VC-backed iteration the startup tried to have it both ways being a consumer play while competing against partners who also wanted to run consumer plays. Today DCM, Accel and DAG Ventures invested a further $16M into Bittorrent. Source> Adroll Gets Financing Boost for Co-op Ad Network VENTUREBEAT Adroll, a company that seeks to help web site publishers band together so that they’re more attractive to advertisers, has just raised several million dollars in a first round of venture capital funding.The San Francisco company, run by Jared Kopf (left below), plays in a very crowded industry. Every day, it seems, there’s a new ad network that emerges. With the economy slowing down, there are simply too many networks, and not enough ads to go around – and so expect continued consolidation, even while advertising continues to grow online over time. Source> UpTake Raises $10 Million for Travel Search Engine VENTUREBEAT UpTake , the travel search engine formerly known as Kango, has raised over $10 million in a second round of financing. Unlike many content-focused travel sites, which seem to proliferate daily, UpTake has no illusions about becoming the first place people turn for travel info. It has instead built a strategy almost entirely based around aggregating high-quality content from other sources and pulling in traffic from travel searches executed on major search engines. According to Yen Lee, UpTake’s CEO, around 10 billion of these searches are made every year in the United States. Source> Robotgalaxy Raises $5 Million VENTUREBEAT Robotgalaxy, a retailer that lets kids build toy robots, is developing a virtual world where players can take those robots on science fiction adventures. The New York-based company has raised a second funding round of more than $5 million to launch the game, as well as for other expansion. Right now, Robotgalaxy operates two physical stores – one in a mall in New Jersey, one in New York – where kids can assemble a customized robot from many different parts. Once you’ve built a robot you can even program its movements. The average toy costs between $27 and $80, and they’re supposed to help teach kids about science and robotics. Source> [...]

]]> http://digital.venturebeat.com/2008/09/16/robotgalaxy-raises-5m-to-launch-virtual-world/comment-page-1/#comment-828700 Robotgalaxy recibe 5M para lanzar un mundo virtual Wed, 17 Sep 2008 09:43:12 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/?p=97859#comment-828700 [...] una compañía cuyo producto son robots que los niños pueden construir, ha recibido una segunda ronda de financiación de 5 millones de dólares para el desarrollo de un mundo virtual donde los jugadores podrán tener sus robots en aventuras de [...] [...] una compañía cuyo producto son robots que los niños pueden construir, ha recibido una segunda ronda de financiación de 5 millones de dólares para el desarrollo de un mundo virtual donde los jugadores podrán tener sus robots en aventuras de [...]

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